"Police brutality is happening all over the nation right in front of our faces, and some of us have the privilege of continuing on everyday life as if this isn’t our reality," Shakur continued. "This action is a demonstration. This is our way of showing this is something we can't avoid."

The "die-in" is just the latest protest in and around Ferguson as the St. Louis area braces for a grand jury decision on whether to indict Wilson in the shooting death of Brown. The teen's supporters claim he was a victim of police brutality, while critics argue that Brown instigated a physical altercation with Wilson and then reached for his gun.

Michael T. McPhearson, the co-chairman of the Don’t Shoot Coalition, told The New York Times that, regardless of the grand jury's decision on Wilson, the issue of how the police interact with people of color on a daily basis is a persistent problem that needs its day in court.

"It must be changing how police and citizens relate to one another," McPhearson said. "We're calling for police accountability, police transparency, changing how the police do their work. If there's an indictment or if there's not an indictment, we still have that work to do."